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SF’s Vigil for Pulse Nightclub Victims
By - posted 6/12/2016
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San Francisco is organizing a vigil at Harvey Milk Plaza (Castro and Market) on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 8pm to honor and remember the Pulse Nightclub victims of the mass shooting that occurred in Orlando. Please note the vigil is on the 12th, not the 21st as was previously listed. Join more...

10th Annual Golden Gate Park Band Festival
By - posted 6/12/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The Golden Gate Park Band, under the direction of Michael L. Wirgler, presents the 134th season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. The weekly concerts take place most Sundays at 1 pm and are free and open to the public. All concerts feature music of specific nationalities or cultures, including costumed guest more...

Haight Street Fair
By - posted 6/12/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair brings thousands of people to Haight Street between Stanyan and Masonic to shop over 200 outdoor vendors including food, green businesses, local artists, clothing, crafts, non-profits and more. 2016 Haight Ashbury Street Fair Sunday, June 12, 2016 | 11 am to 5:30 pm Haight Street (Stanyan to Masonic), SF FREE The more...

North Beach Festival
By - posted 6/12/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Considered one of the country’s original outdoor festivals, the North Beach Festival celebrates its 62nd anniversary in historic North Beach. 2016 North Beach Festival Saturday & Sunday, June 11-12, 2016 | 10 am to 6 pm Grant Avenue and Columbus Avenue, San Francisco FREE The festival site includes numerous quaint streets in the heart of the district including Grant Avenue more...

World Naked Bike Ride
By - posted 6/10/2016
Only in San Francisco

Tune up those bikes and toss those riding duds in the wash; you won’t need them for the World Naked Bike Ride in San Francisco. You may think this is an “only in SF” event, but it’s actually in ten cities. Hundreds of people will strip down and ride bikes throughout more...

“Film Night in the Park” Kicks Off
By - posted 6/8/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation (SFNTF) produces the popular Film Night in the Park Outdoor Film Series in Dolores Park, Union Square and Washington Square Park. Films are free of charge in beautiful park settings and projected on a giant outdoor screen. Arrive early, spread out a blanket, and picnic prior more...

Ghirardelli Square’s Pop-up Summer Beer Garden
By - posted 6/7/2016
City Discoveries

For Summer 2016, Ghirardelli Square opened a 13 week-long community beer garden sponsored by Bay Area-based Lagunitas Brewing Company and Hint Water, located outdoors in Ghirardelli Square’s West Plaza. Ghirardelli Square Beer Garden Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend Thursday through Sunday | Noon to 7 pm Ghirardelli Square’s West Plaza FREE Enjoy a rotating selection of live music more...

Funcheap Big June Comedy Bash
By - posted 6/6/2016
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Funcheap takes over Folsom Street Foundry with #HellaFunny and converts it into a pop-up comedy club for one weekend a month. We’ve hand-picked some of the Bay Area’s best comedians from Comedy Central, Cobb’s, The Today Show, Comedy Day and more. Plus DJ Sophomore on the 1s and 2s, drink specials (full more...

SF Jazz Festival’s Free Block Party Concert
By - posted 6/5/2016
Fairs & Festivals

In a reprisal of last-year’s event, PROXY and SFJAZZ host a neighborhood block party to kick-off the 34th San Francisco Jazz Festival. SFJAZZ Block Party Tuesday, June 7, 2016 | 5pm Proxy, 432 Octavia, SF FREE This free community soiree features live music from Brass Band Mission and Beso Negro, accompanied by movies on the more...

SF’s Free Concert for Bernie Sanders with Dave Matthews
By - posted 6/5/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Join Bernie Sanders in San Francisco for “A Future To Believe In,” a GOTV Concert featuring Dave Matthews, Fantastic Negrito, Fishbone, John Dexter Stewart, and special guests Dr. Cornel West, Shailene Woodley and Danny Glover. “A Future to Believe In” Concert for Bernie Sanders Monday, June 6, 2016 | 3:30pm Crissy Field, San Francisco Free more...

Free California Academy of Sciences Day
By - posted 6/4/2016
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The California Academy of Sciences is a world-class scientific and cultural institution in Golden Gate Park, a 400,000 square foot structure that houses an aquarium, a planetarium a natural history museum and a four-story rainforest all under a living roof. The Academy hosts four free days a year. California Academy of Sciences Quarterly more...

Ghirardelli’s Free Sundae Sunday
By - posted 6/4/2016
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This summer, Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is partnering with Surfrider Foundation’s San Francisco Chapter to invite Bay Area residents to start your Sunday with a beach cleanup at Ocean Beach and end it with a free Ocean Beach Salted Caramel Sundae. The partnership kicks-off on World Oceans Day on Sunday, June 5 and more...

Union Street Festival
By - posted 6/4/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The Union Street Festival is one of San Francisco’s largest free annual events, plus it launches the start of the city’s summer street festivals. Join more than 100,000 attendees in the heart of the historic shopping and residential district of Cow Hollow. 40th Annual Union Street Festival Sat-Sun, June 4-5, 2016 | 10 more...

National Trails Day 2016
By - posted 6/3/2016
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Celebrate National Trails Day, the nation’s largest celebration of trails and the outdoors, in the Golden Gate National Parks on June 4, 2016. The Trails Forever Team and partner organizations, One Tam, REI, and American Hiking Society, will host a series of trail and habitat service projects throughout the parks (Marin, San Mateo, more...

Soy & Tofu Festival
By - posted 6/3/2016
Celebrations

Come discover the “joy of soy” at the 6th annual Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival with live entertainment, a tofu eating contest. 6th Annual Soy & Tofu Festival Saturday, June 4, 2016 | 11 am to 5 pm Saint Mary’s Cathedral Event Center 1111 Gough St. (at Geary Boulevard), SF $10 in advance / $15 more...